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School: Coillte Críotáin

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Erris, Co. Roscommon
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Nóra Nic Aodhgáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0236, Page 438

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    (continued from previous page)
    then she took him to
    her father's hall,
    and gave to him the best of wine,
    and every health she
    drank unto him,
    "I wish, Lord Bateman
    that you were mine.
    "Now in seven years I'll make a vow,
    and seven years I'll keep
    it strong,
    If you will wed with no
    other woman, I will wed with no other man,
    O, then she took him to her father's harbour,
    and gave to him a ship of fame
    "Farewell, farewell, to you
    Lord Bateman
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Michael Tivenan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cornaglia, Co. Roscommon